All the headlines from our Law Enforcement Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 28 2017 // Guillermo Miranda Vazquez starts his day in a parking lot near the Home Depot where he easily finds work alongside other day laborers who are cleaning up Houston after Hurricane Harvey.Some days, he clears rotted drywall...
Nov 20 2017 // A couple who say they were handcuffed for hours in a police patrol car after their hibiscus plants were confused for marijuana are suing the police and an insurance company.Edward and Audrey Cramer say in a lawsuit filed...
Nov 17 2017 // Police in Maine say a man has been injured and another man arrested after a car involved in a collision barreled into a diner.According to police, three vehicles were involved in a collision in Sanford around 3:36 p.m....
Oct 27 2017 // The costs of emergency police, fire and other services related to the Las Vegas shooting massacre were projected Wednesday at about $4 million and climbing.The disclosure came amid pledges by the federal government to...
Oct 26 2017 // Acting United States Attorney Brit Featherston has established a Disaster Fraud Task Force in the Eastern District of Texas comprised of local, state, and federal agencies to combat hurricane Harvey related disaster fraud...
Oct 23 2017 // Police in Virginia are investigating after an explosive device was detonated in Williamsburg.News outlets report the device was found Thursday night in a parking lot. Firefighters and police were called to the scene near...
Oct 18 2017 // Police records show there has been an unprecedented spike in gun thefts in Kansas City, Missouri.The number of annual firearms thefts sharply increased between 2015 and 2016, according to police data obtained by the Kansas...
Oct 18 2017 // Jennifer Smith doesn’t like the term “accident.” It implies too much chance and too little culpability.A “crash” killed her mother in 2008, she insists, when her car was broadsided by another...
Oct 12 2017 // A man arrested and acquitted of a felony for creating a fake Facebook page that parodied a suburban Cleveland, Ohio, police department is suing the city, saying it violated his right to free speech.Anthony Novak filed suit...
Oct 11 2017 // A panel of industry and law enforcement officials couldn’t agree on how civilian drones should be tracked by authorities, adding uncertainty to the push for expanded commercial uses.The advisory committee,...
Oct 5 2017 // A Michigan county has agreed to pay $1.07 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman who was killed and dismembered after a Detroit-area police officer exposed her as an informant in a drug bust.Details...
Oct 5 2017 // Police on North Carolina’s Outer Banks say at least 14 guns have been stolen as the result of break-ins during the last two months. The Kill Devil Hills Police Department posted to its Facebook page that there have...
Sep 27 2017 // Power was knocked out to two college campuses and a high school in DeKalb County when a mini-van flipped and hit a utility pole. WSB-TV reports that the Monday morning crash happened in front of Georgia Piedmont Technical...
Sep 26 2017 // Authorities are investigating a fire that damaged a law enforcement center in South Carolina. Walhalla Fire Department Chief Brandon Burton told local media a fire started at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Oconee Law...
Sep 21 2017 // The city of Rochester, Minnesota, will pay a police officer $1 million to settle a discrimination and retaliation claim.Lt. Elisa Umpierre filed the claim saying she was suspended for comments she made on Facebook in...
Sep 18 2017 // A Colorado police officer indicted by a state grand jury was arrested on multiple felony counts for allegedly lying about his home and car being burglarized and collecting nearly $60,000 in fraudulent insurance claims.Silt...
Sep 14 2017 // The Berkeley City Council this week gave police permission to use pepper spray to repel demonstrators attacking officers and others during violent protests of the kind that have repeatedly hit the city this year.The 6-3...
Sep 8 2017 // Police and emergency workers filed suit on against French chemicals company Arkema SA, claiming it failed to take adequate steps to avoid a fire at its Crosby, Texas, plant after Hurricane Harvey. Seven police, fire and...
Sep 8 2017 // Chicago aldermen have agreed to pay $9.5 million to a man who suffered catastrophic injuries when he struck his head on the pavement after being shocked by a police Taser. The settlement approved by the city council adds...
Sep 6 2017 // A Florida police chief has been fired just more than a year after one of his officers accidentally shot and killed a woman during a citizens academy exercise. Punta Gorda City Manager Howard Kunik announced Tom...